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Rig Veda 9.77.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 77, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.77

Devata: Soma Pavamāna (as Indra’s vajra-form)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एष प्र कोशे मधुमाँ अचिक्रददिन्द्रस्य वज्रो वपुषो वपुष्टरः । अभीमृतस्य सुदुघा घृतश्चुतो वाश्रा अर्षन्ति पयसेव धेनवः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 9.77.1
Transliteration

eṣá prá kóśe mádhumān acikradad índrasya vájro vápuṣo vápuṣṭaraḥ | abhī́m ṛtásya su-dúghā ghṛtá-ścuto vāśrā́ arṣanti páyasā-iva dhenávaḥ ||

Translation

Dieser ruft laut im Gefäß, voll honigsüßer Wonne – Indras Donnerkeil, an Glanz noch glänzender als Glanz. Zu ihm strömen die reich melkenden Ströme der Wahrheit, von geklärter Fülle triefend; sie eilen wie brüllende Kühe, gleichsam mit Milch.

Word by Word
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
कोशेin the vessel/cask (container)
कोशे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकोश (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमान्honeyed, sweet (full of mead)
मधुमान्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
अचिक्रदत्cried out, resounded
अचिक्रदत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootक्रद् (धातु) + अ (अग्म) + चि (पुनरुक्ति/तीव्रता)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रःthe thunderbolt
वज्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वपुषःof beauty/form
वपुषः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वपुष्टरःmore beautiful, most comely
वपुष्टरः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवपुष्टरा (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-प्रत्यय -तर) ← वपुस्
अभीtowards, upon
अभी:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
अमृतस्यof immortality/nectar
अमृतस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
सुदुघाःwell-milking (cows), yielding richly
सुदुघाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (substantivized) / Noun
Rootसु-दुघा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + √दुह् ‘to milk’)
घृतश्चुतःdripping ghee
घृतश्चुतः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (past participial)
Rootघृत-श्चुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; घृत + √च्युत्/√श्च्युत् ‘to drip, flow’)
वाश्राःstreams (gushing flows)
वाश्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवाश्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्षन्तिthey flow, rush
अर्षन्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootऋष्/अर्ष् (धातु ‘to flow, rush’)
पयसाwith milk
पयसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
धेनवःcows
धेनवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
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